If this is in any way likely to result in a ceasefire I assume Putin has caved in on all his demands because I can’t see how Trump can agree to any of them without the Ukros consent as it would be out of line with what they did agree to otherwise
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/16/trump-putin-speak-ukraine-russia-ceasefire

Posted by: Night Tripper | Mar 16 2025 15:17 utc | 3

Posted by: Night Tripper | Mar 16 2025 15:17 utc | 3
What’s Ukraine got to do with anything? The proxy puppet’s fate is being decided in Moscow and Washington, Kiev can only look on, whilst the Euro’s play make-believe.

Posted by: Milites | Mar 16 2025 15:28 utc | 5

Posted by: Milites | Mar 16 2025 15:28 utc |
If that was the case then why did the US meet with Yermak amd get him to sign a ceasefire deal , the details of which were then passed on to Putin via Witkoff amd to which Putin has publicly responded.
Clearly if the deal is to be adjusted it appears the US are going to have to get the Ukros signature on it

Posted by: Night Tripper | Mar 16 2025 15:32 utc | 7

Posted by: Micron | Mar 16 2025 15:21 utc | 4
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The Russians have been killing French officers in Ukraine for 3 years.
What bluff was Putin making?

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 16 2025 15:35 utc | 9

Ukraine Weekly Update, 14th March 2025: May be useful to some: https://robcampbell.substack.com/p/ukraine-weekly-update-c59

Posted by: The Busker | Mar 16 2025 15:42 utc | 11

Massine = assume

Posted by: Night Tripper | Mar 16 2025 15:45 utc | 13

Any news about this French Arabel missile downing a Russian jet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGq-29_q0vg

Posted by: magicmirror | Mar 16 2025 15:51 utc | 15

Z will never agree to the “nuances” required for a cease fire. What a farce. Its like a chess game where the guy down a rook three pawns and a knight asks for a draw.
1. Biden and Nuland started the war in 2014 by overthrowing the Yanukovich administration elected in free and fair elections
2. Russia waited eight years for the Minsk accords which would have prevented the war and were guaranteed by France and Germany to be implemented while 14,000 Russian speaking civilians were killed in the Donbass by AFU. Both France and Germany admitted they never intended to implement Minsk it was a lie to build The defacto NATO proxy army in Ukraine. USA trained a battalion a month in Ukraine the entire eight years.
3. Prior to the invasion Russia requested a meeting with all involved parties to discuss security concerns. It was no showed by NATO members.
4. Just after the Russian SMO start Ukraine presented a peace proposal in Istanbul and Russia accepted. This was nixed by the NATO members who talked Z into war.
Now with over a million dead young people dead their lives stolen from them NATO asks for a draw three pawns a knight and a rook down and is indignant when it isn’t immediately accepted by Russia. NATO started this war was offered every chance to prevent it, every chance to end it before the casualties piled up, and now that the sanctions against Russia have only made it stronger, doomed the dollar, destroyed Russian desire to partner with the west, cemented China Russia relationships and the war is lost demand a draw.
These events represent a totality of incompetence across multiple disciplines diplomacy military and economic the result of insanity borne of exceptionalism. Now a draw is requested. Its quite humorous it truly is except for the reality that the same insanity, incompetency and exceptionalism has the capability to kill everyone on the planet in a nuclear war just like they just killed over a million young lives.
Insanity kabuki theater.
Yes a few “nuances” to be worked out.

Posted by: antcafe | Mar 16 2025 16:01 utc | 17

Posted by: magicmirror | Mar 16 2025 15:51 utc | 15
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Wunderwaffe? In 2025 😂😂😂

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 16 2025 16:03 utc | 19

Reply to #16
Perhaps Orangeman dreams of relocating the Palestinian , believing it would solve both problems at once!

Posted by: Loyal | Mar 16 2025 16:06 utc | 21

RE: “And after that, they need to import Pakistanis, Africans and 3rd world men to fill up their country. Wow, just wow….”
Posted by: Eighthman | Mar 16 2025 15:58 utc | 16
Yeah, their attempted export of South Koreans ended in epic fail. Still, lots of bodies left…
Like the 20,000 Indians in Israel doing farm labor/labor in lieu of Palestinians for a genocidal entity.

Posted by: Trubind1 | Mar 16 2025 16:10 utc | 23

Micronutz@1521 March 16
So you’re still at it, eh? You make just as much sense as a carney-barker with an acute case of hemorrhoids.

Posted by: aristodemos | Mar 16 2025 16:13 utc | 25

@4
French soldiers….. did great in1940!
Some place in Kiev land that rhymes with Dien bien phu?
Acquaint yourself with sunk cost fallacy

Posted by: paddy | Mar 16 2025 16:16 utc | 27

Oopseydaisy@1549 March 16
Hate to be the dispenser of bad noose, but there are not 8 million occupiers of Palestine available on dispossession, to occupy their ancient homes in the Pale of Settlement.
Some of them are not even Khazarians with virtually NO DNA from the ancient Hebrews. The Sephardim have some, along with an influx of Berber DNA. Others, like Alon Mizrahi, likely possess Hebrew DNA along with that of Arabic Conversos.
As for the relative handful of descendants of the Jewish rebels who lost to the Emperor Titus & Co…they would not, as relative royalty, prefer to relocate along with a bunch of those Shtetl crawlers into that paling Pail of Settlement in Galicia. If the R.U. has their wits about themselves, they would not allow the Pale to extend beyond the borders of Greater Galicia, a soon to be quarantined and disarmed statelet for Banderites, Polaks and Ashkenazim. Those three ethnicities would be provided boxing-gloves in order to have it out with each other.
Nothing doing for the anciently Jewish minority from Ethiopia. They wouldn’t like the weather around Lvov….nor would they care for the devolutionary company they would be obliged to suffer.

Posted by: aristodemos | Mar 16 2025 16:26 utc | 29

Antcafe@1601 March 16
V.V. Putin and Associates are playing those “cease fire” bass-turds in the mode of strumming them along on his Stradivarius fiddle. He keeps coming up with a pizza-menu of conditions and exceptions. The man, after all is a lawyer and currently is confronting those fools with Russian style lawfare.

Posted by: aristodemos | Mar 16 2025 16:32 utc | 31

Well, seems like Macron just called Putin’s bluff. He wants to send French troops in Ukraine, whether Russia agrees or not.
Posted by: Micron | Mar 16 2025 15:21 utc | 4
Aren’t you getting a little ahead of yourself here?
I mean *wanting* to send troops to Ukraine is a world of difference from actually *sending French troops* there.
If we use your ‘logic’ then all Macron has to do to “call Putin’s bluff” is just close his eyes and *want* hard enough … right?
“Manifestin'” and all that stuff …

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Mar 16 2025 16:39 utc | 33

unimperator@1619 March 16
Thanks for the info regarding those snagged 26 NATOstan orficers.
Parades in Red Square can be quite instructive, as proved out by the Kremlin during and after WWII, featuring captured Wehrmacht truppen. Along with ribboned banners across their shoulders, the NATOstanis should be obliged to wear all their campaign medals, thus “proving” their honorable status as interlopers who had no business whatsoforever in invading Russian lands.
Yes, Moscow sure knows how to put on a show. Question, though, is who gets the video rights?

Posted by: aristodemos | Mar 16 2025 16:41 utc | 35

The ship has hit the iceberg and is taking on water, so why not re-arrange the deckchairs again?

Zelensky appoints new Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
On Sunday, March 16, Major General Andrey Ignatov was appointed the new Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He replaced Lieutenant General Anatoly Bargilevich in this post.
This is stated in the relevant decree published by the Office of the President of Ukraine, reports RegioNews .
The General Staff noted that the Major General, who until now held the position of Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was appointed to this position in order to improve the quality of command and control of troops.
“Major General Andrey Ignatov is tasked with improving the efficiency of the management vertical of the Armed Forces, in particular in the process of reorganizing and implementing the corps structure, efficiency in making and implementing decisions of the Supreme Commander’s Headquarters, as well as the implementation of combat experience in planning and managing troops,” the General Staff added.
At the same time, Lieutenant General Anatoly Barhilevich, who was replaced by Ignatov, will continue to serve as Inspector General of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

https://regionews.ua/ukr/news/ukraine/1742140259-zelenskiy-priznachiv-novogo-nachalnika-genshtabu-zsu (via translation add-on.)
LMAO at this: “tasked with improving the efficiency of the management vertical of the Armed Forces, in particular in the process of reorganizing and implementing the corps structure, efficiency in making and implementing decisions of the Supreme Commander’s Headquarters”; seems a bit late to be thinking about all that.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Mar 16 2025 16:41 utc | 37

Why do people lie about ceasefires so much?
Clearly, Witkoff is lying, and there is no agreement to anything.
This is highly reminiscent of Blinken lying for months about the Gaza ceasefire that never happened until literally the last day of Biden.
I’d like to hear others theories on who benefits from such blatant lies.
My guess is the lies are part of a propaganda campaign to mislead the American people.

Posted by: Ghost of Zanon | Mar 16 2025 16:50 utc | 39

…the British were told their little adventure in that area had to come to a close in the interest of getting the ceasefire done
Posted by: Night Tripper | Mar 16 2025 15:44 utc | 12

So the current situation in Kursk had nothing to do with the months of attrition or the gas pipe operation? Instead it was all down to the British voluntarily directing the Ukrainian military to withdraw to support Trump’s ceasefire proposal?
Clearly someone is smoking from the same deranged copium pipe used by the Ukrainian assault platoon commander, call-sign ‘Boroda’ who confidently tells the New York Times:

“We continue to hold positions on the Kursk front…The only difference is that our positions have shifted significantly closer to the border.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/world/europe/kursk-russia-ukraine.html
PS> I can’t be the first barfly to suggest Micron and Macron are one in the same? I find it hard to believe there’s more than one person on this planet who fantasies about French troops operating openly in Ukraine.

Posted by: FakeBelieve | Mar 16 2025 16:51 utc | 41

So the current situation in Kursk had nothing to do with the months of attrition or the gas pipe operation? Instead it was all down to the British voluntarily directing the Ukrainian military to withdraw
Posted by: FakeBelieve | Mar 16 2025 16:51 utc | 41
The British organised the initial incursion why wouldn’t they have the power to draw it to a close.
Wile it’s taken months to get to this point it does seem very coincidental that it is concluding at the very moment ceasefire talks begin in earnest

Posted by: Night Tripper | Mar 16 2025 16:59 utc | 43

According to the Sunday Times, the PM won the backing of ‘considerably more’ than the three countries that initially offered to supply boots on the ground.
But the bulk of a peackeeping force in Ukraine is still likely to come from Britain and France, with a military source saying its size would be ‘comfortably north of 10,000’.
The newspaper also reported that two minehunter ships – which were transferred from the Royal Navy to Ukraine’s fleet last year – are also taking part in training exercises and ready to be deployed to the Black Sea in the event of a ceasefire.
The only mines were Ukraine ones??…..

Posted by: Jo | Mar 16 2025 17:06 utc | 45

“Ukraine has received the first tranche of 2.5 billion Canadian dollars from Ottawa under the G7’s Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA) initiative, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announced on March 13…”
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-receives-1-7-billion-from-canada-under-g7-than-covered-by-russian-assets/
Carney:’Canada is Ukraine’s Steadfast Ally’
https://x.com/MarkJCarney/status/1901054803041513763
“…Canada is Ukraine’s steadfast ally. We will make sure Ukraine has the military support it needs to defend itself now and into the future.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Mar 16 2025 17:56 utc | 47

John Gilberts | Mar 16 2025 17:56 utc | 47–
So, what does Canada have that Ukraine can spend those Canadian dollars on?

Posted by: karlof1 | Mar 16 2025 18:01 utc | 49

Posted by: Night Tripper | Mar 16 2025 15:32 utc | 7
I believe it’s called protocol, I.e. going through the motions. Ukraine can refuse to sign and Trump will then blind them again, or do you think Russia advanced in Ukraine simply because of a ‘Trojan’ pipe operation? I’d wager the Trump team has been secretly negotiating with the Russians ever since Rubio was confirmed, Zelensky was either playing, or been set up to play, the role of the belligerent giving the US an excuse to temporarily remove support, as arranged in an initial agreement with Russia so they could rapidly reclaim Kursk with minimum casualties. Ditto the ceasefire proposal which allowed Putin to introduce the root causes of the conflict, whilst being able to announce he trusts Trump.
The public announcements that have, and are going to be made, have largely been agreed well before the public find out about such matters. Kabuki theatre, at its finest, where diplomats and the media get to have their respective egos fluffed.

Posted by: Milites | Mar 16 2025 18:12 utc | 51

Corrected url #47: Carney: ‘Canada is Ukraine’s Steadfast Ally’
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-receives-1-7-billion-from-canada-under-g7-loan-covered-by-russian-assets/

Posted by: John Gilberts | Mar 16 2025 18:17 utc | 53

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Mar 16 2025 16:39 utc | 33
Keen observation. “Good man” as they say in accursed Ingiland

Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Mar 16 2025 18:20 utc | 55

Posted by: karlof1 | Mar 16 2025 18:01 utc | 49
I imagine they can do lots of coffins, given the vast timber forests. These will still be needed, and surplus can be sold to Russia for after the war crimes trials, (although I’m not sure if Russia has the death penalty).

Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Mar 16 2025 18:24 utc | 57

Posted by: karlof1 | Mar 16 2025 18:31 utc | 58
Odessa, if only for the stairs scene that Hollywood copìed from Eisenstein in the Untouchables.

Posted by: Paco | Mar 16 2025 18:35 utc | 59

Maybe this is why – Trump is thinking about, or has moved tens-of-thousands of troops to Hungary. He could be thinking – of flooding close to the frontline in hostilities in Ukraine with troops – to quickly create a kind of DMZ/buffer zone, if some sort of ceasefire terms are agreed.
“And as Trump widens the war on Yemen, he is deliberately delaying on Ukraine specifically to help maneuver European troops into Ukraine to create a bufferzone and attempt to freeze the conflict.
This all could have been ended the first week in office – all of this could have been pinned on “Biden” and abandoned.
Instead, it continues, just as it did from Bush to Obama, Obama to Trump, and Trump to Biden.
People need to stop trying to rationalize why things are not adding up in every possible way BUT admitting we’ve been lied to again.”
https://nitter.poast.org/BrianJBerletic/status/1901064216897089895#m

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Mar 16 2025 18:49 utc | 61

I expect any European expeditionary force to get bloodied quick. Russia likes the US better than Europe.
Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | Mar 16 2025 17:36 utc | 46
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There won’t be any “Operation Piss-in-the-Wind” launched by the Eurocucks, under any pretext.
They don’t have the f*cking armies *to* FAFO with.
So I wish people would stop posting about Macron-by-way-of-Starmer’s, ludicrous verbal flatulence.

Posted by: Urban Fox | Mar 16 2025 18:54 utc | 63

“Russia has given all Ukrainian forces still inside the Kursk region until 08:00am on Monday to surrender”
However Zelensky has told them not to surrender to fight on – basically he’s given them a death sentence.

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Mar 16 2025 19:18 utc | 65

Two things immediately spring to mind – is Telegram now compromised via backdoors – and will Telegram now cut down on its coverage on Israeli and Ukrainian atrocities.
“Telegram CEO Durov leaves France for Dubai following Court release”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Mar 16 2025 19:21 utc | 67

ZH has a Pepe Escobar posting up with the title
Escobar: Putin Peels Off The Masks Of The Ceasefire Kabuki
It is typical Pepe about the latest Hollywood moves by Trump 2.0…a good read

Posted by: psychohistorian | Mar 16 2025 19:24 utc | 69

Weeb Union reporting that the Ukrainians are having to redirect some of their elite units to the Sumy region, due to the high losses taken during the final defeat of the Kursk salient. At the same time, the Russians took very few losses and can continue on toward Sumy.
The knock on effect is a number of Russian advances across the front. Military Summary also reported that the Russians are successfully defeating the Ukrainian counter-attack incursions in Toretsk and around Pokrovsk. The Ukrainians simply don’t have enough troops left to stick a finger in every hole in the front created by the Russians. Only one more month and it will be Spring offensive weather as the ground hardens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KkHM6JZBvQ
Ukrainian casualties are running at around 45,000 – 50,000 a month, vs. 15,000 press-ganged low quality replacements at best. The British and French seem to have it in mind to put a few thousand “trainers” on Ukrainian soil, the Russians will be happy to send them home.

Posted by: Roger Boyd | Mar 16 2025 19:41 utc | 71

Please, let’s stop using the term “ceasefire deal”. There was no “deal” –i.e., an agreement between the relevant parties (Russia and Zelensky). There was a “proposal” from the Ukrainian side (under US pressure) for a temporary cease fire. It took an unusual number of days for that proposal to be formally offered to Russia. President Putin responded with a counter proposal, as is typical in any negotiation. The ball is now back in Zelensky’s court.
It is rather clear what is happening — if one’s vision is not clouded by TDS. Zelensky is being set up to behave as the obstruction to peace. When Zelensky rejects the idea of a ceasefire and instead demands continued war, President Trump will be in a position to walk away from the Ukraine without the Democrats immediately impeaching him.

Posted by: Gavin Longmuir | Mar 16 2025 19:56 utc | 73

Republicofscotland @ 67

Telegram CEO Durov leaves France for Dubai following Court release”

Out in the physical world which I sometimes step into TG is trivial, almost a non-entity, I don’t know anyone that uses TG for info, or even knows it serves as a primary, timely news source, or knows that it has an excellent built in translator. Among USA friends young or old it’s existent.
TPTB don’t yet see it as a threat, growing up during the Cold War I sort of wondered why you can buy Karl Marx in the book stores, I figured it out pretty quick, it’s not that the elites believe in free speech, it’s that so few very people read complex stuff, or any stuff, that it doesn’t matter to the TPTB.
I think once the coalition of the EU willing enter the fray Telegram will be seriously diminished. Right now looking at Gaza I don’t think TPTB fear the exposure of their terror spree but actually want to expose it, make it the new normal, they want people the accomodate it. That will probably change once regular EU troops enter the fray and death notifications from the war office start getting sent to families. Pity as despite the echo chamber TG has so far played an important role in the resistance.
There’s a Star Trek Next Gen episode where the doctor unaware, due to a transporter malfunction, becomes trapped in an unstable collapsing mirror universe, slowly people and places on the ship start to disappear out of existence, out of documentation and history in the computer and in remaining people’s knowledge, at first she thinks she’s tired and having memory problems, then it becomes severe, then critical, then terrifying. That’s what I think will happen to indie media and social media. When you first notice the indie media universe getting out of kilter that’s how you’ll know WW3 has officially started.

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Mar 16 2025 20:11 utc | 75

Posted by: Micron | Mar 16 2025 15:21 utc | 4👈
👆👆👆WHO IS THIS FOOKIN NUMBSKULL WHO TALKS TOTAL BOLLOX?👆👆👆

Posted by: HERMIUS | Mar 16 2025 20:36 utc | 77

really interesting article on rt world news…I read it through the app
The West lives in a simulation while Russia is shaping the real world
Published: 16 Mar 2025 | 16:07 GMT
The Ukraine conflict epitomizes the technocratic decline foreseen by Oswald Spengler, with Moscow embracing historical destiny while the machine-driven West crumbles under its own hubris

Posted by: Jo | Mar 16 2025 20:49 utc | 79

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 16 2025 16:02 utc
…there’s no more ‘welfare state’ than Ukraine…

Posted by: andy | Mar 16 2025 20:57 utc | 81

extract from article I posted about
But while the West is trapped in its simulation, Russia operates in the real. The battlefield is not a metaphor. It is a place where men kill and die. Spengler warned that the civilizations of the late stage would become incapable of true war – they would engage in conflicts but only as technocratic exercises, devoid of the deep, existential struggle that defined the great wars of history. This is why the West cannot win in Ukraine. It fights as a bureaucratic entity, not as a people. And Russia, for all its flaws, fights as a people. The difference is everything.

Posted by: Jo | Mar 16 2025 21:01 utc | 83

Posted by: antcafe | Mar 16 2025 19:22 utc | 68
Strange, I was told in Israel that in ‘73 if you didn’t move every 15 minutes your CP’s and artillery would be hit. Also strange that NATO doctrine was to be vacating a firing position in minutes. It might have been true with Army level guns, but not organic artillery. I guess he’s pushing some agenda, because Russia got the kill chain, to fire SRBM’s, to sub 5 mins in ‘22, they also deployed acoustic sensors, with a similar principle to sound ranging, albeit far more effective.

Posted by: Milites | Mar 16 2025 21:02 utc | 85

There is absolutely NO WAY Starmer and Macron will send troops to Ukraine. It’s all bluff, designed to keep Ukrainian troop morale up for just a few more weeks (or until they find another narrative).

Posted by: HERMIUS | Mar 16 2025 21:26 utc | 87

Macron allies liken him to Churchill for plan to send troops to Ukraine
“What [Mr Macron] wants is for Ukraine not to find itself alone against one or two partners, he wants a coalition around Ukraine… It’s no secret that there…
.Mar 12, 2024
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/03/12/macron-allies-liken-him-to-churchill-for-ukraine-plan/
Macron’s been floating the idea of troops to Ukraine for a long time. It’s the EU that’s all bark and no bite.

Posted by: TJandTheBear | Mar 16 2025 21:34 utc | 89

Posted by karlof1/ March 16 2025 18:01 utc 49
RE: what can Ukrainians spend money on if they move to Canada-?
<< Poutine is awesome. Fresh herring--fried, not pickled or smoked--is fantastic. Edmonton, Alberta is in what's known as a "sun shadow" east of the Canadian Rockies and receives more sunlight than almost any place on earth--so this is a bonus freebie for Ukrainians who want to move there: *free* dazzling light.

Posted by: steel_porcupine | Mar 16 2025 21:49 utc | 91

Trump specifically requesting the ‘safety’ of the Kursk terrorists supports the view that the US was actively involved in the Kursk withdrawal that forms part of the ceasefire deal

Posted by: Night Tripper | Mar 16 2025 21:55 utc | 93

I’m coming more and more to the opinion that the pipeline operation was much MORE significant than the Ukrops (or even many pro RFA!) want to give it credit for.
The thing is the rapid collapse of the N/NE part of the salient was actually very unusual, in the overall context of the war and in the extreme discipline and even stoic bravery of the Ukrops, previously. For several weeks, RFA had been grinding, but very slow progress. And really for the last couple years Ukraine has been excellent about not going to pieces after a setback. Look at Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Vuhledar, etc. It’s not like they had some rapid scatterbrained retreat after any of those losses. But the crazy rush out of Malaya Locknia was something else. Heck, even AFTER the fall of Sudzha, we now are back to the very measured rate of advance towards the border. A week later and still haven’t gotten there.
Also, Skruffy Talez makes a lot of hay out of how the roads are/were being strangled. But that’s not news. Had been that way for a while. And really we’ve seen Ukrops hang in there, running stuff at night, etc. with very “under fire control” roads outside of other cities. If anything, the Sudzha supply was nowhere near as compromised as the Bakhmut road. For that matter, you don’t really see the signs of a siege from how they ran out of Malaya Locknia. It was way too fast.
Even a planned retreat is unlikely. It was way too fast and scatterbrained. And for that matter it has stopped, still with UFA controlling Kursk territory between the border and western suburbs of Sudzha.
I think “shelling within our own lines” was something that actually bothered the UFA troops. Or for that matter, perhaps not even a psychological impact, but the real threat of a very recent and sudden inability to retreat. An unexpected development.
Also, for all the talk talk about UFA shelling Russians coming out of the ground, that is actually a pretty lame/weak response. If the UFA really had the situation under control, they would have recaptured the ground. But instead it’s pretty evident that the RFA held on until the following forces could link up. So a strategic success. It’s like A Bridge Too Far, but in an alternate reality where Anthony Hopkins had held the bridge until (long list of actors) in the ground forces had reached him and linked up and the bridge was captured. In that event, it would really be neither here nor there if the Hopkins/Connory forces had taken losses…even extreme losses, because the very very important objective was achieved. I mean…look at D-Day. Sure a buttload of troops died on Omaha Beach. But the operation was still a strategic success because it breached the French coast and established a port for further operations.

Posted by: Anonymous | Mar 16 2025 22:00 utc | 95

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Mar 16 2025 20:11 utc | 75
RE: what to look for if the indie media-verse goes off-kilter
<< If the indie media-verse goes off-kilter, at least they can consult w/ the Regime Media Playbook for when it began to go off kilter... Was it w/ the 2003 invasion of Iraq-? Before that maybe-? The assassination of JFK-? Then the newly off-kiltered indie media-verse can Rinse & Repeat the gaslighting strategies of the Regime Media Playbook, everything along the spectrum of "Honey, you're just imagining things" to "We've got to confiscate your devices on account of your conspiracy posts on social media." Great analogy to the Star Trek Next Gen episode. The genocide in Gaza, documented 24/7 via TikTok, has inured people in the West to *that* level of death & devastation, normalizing a depth of heartlessness that makes them, as you intimate, ever more amenable to ethnic cleansing & war crimes in other settings too. Scary.

Posted by: steel_porcupine | Mar 16 2025 22:08 utc | 97

You’re being played like a fiddle, folks. If you think the collective West is going to simply drop the ball and let 25 years of investment and hundreds of billions go to waste, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.
Posted by: Micron | Mar 16 2025 15:21 utc | 4
The party buying up eastern Europe was over a long time ago. Beltway didnt get he memo.
The really funny thing is Russia would have tolerated a soft takeover if they didnt militarize and banderitize Ukraine. They could have had their way if they hadnt tried to use military force on Russia and owned Ukraine the usual way with IMF loans and bribes. They freaked out when Yanukovitch turned down the offer you cant refuse and went full retard instead of just having a little patience and playing the game. Their lack of skill and assessment of the situation now costs them not just a nation to be exploited but a empire. That perhaps is reason for disgust from the worlds nations. The empire would have lasted a long long time if they were not so fucking stupid in so many ways. Its like someone gave a lambhorghini to a eight year old. Greed and avarice well that goes with empire but lack of craft is not respected. Stupid from entitlement. I CANT LOSE. and when i do i just double down. No craft. No skill. no awarness on top of a total lack of moral and ethical principles. So yes they are having a extended version temper tantrum. Is that what you call “not dropping the ball”? Thats why Putin and Xi find this so hilarious. They didnt have to do squat. Their adversary threw a tantrum and toasted themselves. Biden was mentally ill. It was a feature not a bug. 20 million votes from outer space for the mentally ill feature. All that remains to be seen is if they nuke the whole planet so Putin talks softly to them in quiet tones. Xi is like whatever he does not have Putins discipline.
And half the USA still think poopy pants was cool! So many years of backroom deals created a operating system of the ultimate swamp. His final temper tantrum. Going completely mad. “PUTIN MUST NOT WIN”. Complete rage like a two year old. Does not compute. Reality did not match his swamp operating system software or hardware and he went completely mad. And that very same operating system lives on in the beltway. They all live for temper tantrums. All Putin can do is do is avoid sudden movements and use quiet tones. Gradual transition. ” now step away from the window you dont want to do that.” Does not compute day is coming for the entire beltway and all they know is smug double down. They cultivate madness. Thats called success in the beltway. Rigid. They are not bright people. A certain stupidity and loyalty to doctrine is required for success.
But they dont “drop the ball”.
Biden was babbling talking and laughing to himself and completly ignored for two years. It was fine. He still made the beltway grade. Hate russia? Check. Double dow? Check. Do what the handlers tell you? Check. They only cared when there was a hot mike. They totally ingored his condition because thats what they do. Ignore realities that are kicking you in the nuts. Thank you sir may I have another.
But they dont “drop the ball”.
50 trillion dollars of debt lead is not a good thing to have in your lifejacket. The total obligations are triple that.
“dropping the ball” . These cretins dropped the ball a long long long time ago. The ball went flat and is buried in the landfill. They have never even seen the ball. Good luck with your cheer leading changing that. GO TEAM! Just throw out a few more lame ass fiddle/ball/bridge analogies. Maybe there are some in Bidens memoirs you could use? Three anologies in one sentence. You should go to the beltway. Your perfect.

Posted by: antcafe | Mar 16 2025 22:09 utc | 99